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Print Indexes

When a database does not cover the earlier years that you need it to, then you may need to use the print index version of it.

Print Indexes covering the 1800's

TITLE	START YEAR	END YEAR
New York Times Index	1851	2014
Nineteenth Century Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature	1890	1899
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature	1802	1907

Databases with Indexing Before 1900

There are also two databases that are particularly useful when searching for articles published prior to the twentieth century. They are:

American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Full text of the periodical holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. The entire AAS collection features about 6,500 titles from the seventeenth through the late nineteenth century.
Subject Coverage:
agriculture, architecture, art, books and publishing, business, ethnic groups, family, government, history, industry, language, law, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, politics, religion, revolutionary war, science
Dates of Coverage:
1691 to 1877
Update Frequency:
unknown
Size:
more than 7 million pages
European Views of the Americas This link opens in a new window
Provides a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
Subject Coverage:
botany, the Catholic Church, commerce, economics, fisheries, geography, Indians, Jesuits, law, mineral resources, navigation, pirates, shipping, slave-trade, tobacco
Dates of Coverage:
1493-1750
Update Frequency:
unknown
Size:
more than 32,000 records